http://www.sydneytalks.com.au Who is talking where this month en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:27:52 +1000 http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/images/sydneytalks_rss.gif http://www.sydneytalks.com.au 88 http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8817&Itemid=25 Dr Chris Michaelson, UNSW, discusses international law and the human rights system and how they impact on future decisions regarding interceptions at sea and offshore processing of refugees. ... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8888&Itemid=25 Two Members of the Legislative Council - Sylvia Hale, Greens, and Linda Voltz, Labor - report on their recent visit to Gaza and the West Bank, where they visited Hebron. Also hear an update on the ki... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8808&Itemid=25 Social anthropologist and writer, Alice Aslan argues that Islamophobia is a contemporary form of racism that has emerged from general opposition to multiculturalism and migration as well as in respo... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8724&Itemid=25 A conversation with author Boyd Anderson about one of the 20th Century's greatest unknown stories, the real events his book is based on. ... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8765&Itemid=25 An iconic figure in the struggle against apartheid, Albie Sachs played a key role in South Africa's road to reconciliation. In the Hal Wootten Lecture he reflects on the different meanings of truth ... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8757&Itemid=25 Donna Mulhearn, author of Ordinary Courage: Journey to Baghdad as a Human Shield tells about her experiences in Iraq and her commitment to world peace. ... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8761&Itemid=25 Human rights lawyer and former South African Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs speaks about his experiences at the launch of his book, The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, by Bob Debus.... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8785&Itemid=25 Ann Sherry, CEO Carnival Australia, speaks at the annual luncheon of the Jessie Street National Women's Library. Ann headed the Office for the Status of Women during the '90s, then joined Westpac and ... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8767&Itemid=25 A Q A-style panel discussion on a controversial issue with international experts on refugee law: Prof Guy Goodwin-Gill, Oxford, UK; Prof Geoff Gilbert, Essex, UK; Prof Kate Jastram, Berkeley, USA; a... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8592&Itemid=25 Professor Glenda Sluga, International History, Faculty of Arts, Sydney University, discusses Germaine De Stael's ideas on the Nation and Nationalism. ...